For network admins and network security professionals, one of the most important tools to learn to use is Wireshark (formerly Ethereal), a free and open source network analyzer/packet sniffer software ...

The overall equation is pretty simple: If you want to understand network traffic, you really should install Wireshark. And, if you really want to use Wireshark effectively, you should consider this ...

Vendors would have you believe you need to spend thousands of dollars on protocol analyzer software to troubleshoot Voice over IP (VoIP) networks. After all, voice quality suffers if packets are late, ...

NetWitness thinks packet analysis is the best way to identify and troubleshoot potential security problems on computer systems. In fact, it's so convinced that the company is giving its own analyzer ...

As everyone know that TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) are internet protocols which are used for communication through internet. The communication takes places ...

Do you love packet analysis as much as I do? If so, then you’ll probably remember the scene in the movie “The Matrix” where Neo is looking at the Matrix over one of the analysts’ shoulders and asks ...

Organizations seeking a reliable ally to help defend the network should seriously consider enlisting Wireshark, a free, open source network protocol analyzer that has been around since 1998. Created ...

One of the most widely used network protocol analyzer tools is finally getting a home of its own, after decades of corporate sponsorship. Wireshark got its start back in 1998, originally known as ...

“Promiscuous mode” (you’ve gotta love that nomenclature) is a network interface mode in which the NIC reports every packet that it sees. If you’re using the Wireshark packet sniffer and have it set to ...

Everyone’s favorite packet sniffer has a new stable release. Wireshark 1.2.0 has a slew of new features. They’ve included a 64-bit Windows installer and improved their OSX support. A number of new ...